Question

[Jamie-Leigh Wrestler]

I just wanted to know what your thoughts are on Rape.
Now I have heard a few peoples views on this and I wondered if yours are the same or different?

A man called JohnDean Percy told me that his younder sister was raped when she was 14 and was fored to marry the man who raped her and bear his children.

Do you think that this is the correct thing to do???

[Rev. M. Rodimer]

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That sounds a bit backward. The man would be forced to marry the girl he raped, and pay her father.

You see, a young girl, while useful as labor to her father, has a primary Biblical value as someone to be married off. If she cannot be married off, then she becomes a burden to her father, who is responsible for her welfare.

If a man forces himself upon a young girl, he has destroyed her virginity. She is now damaged goods, and difficult (if not impossible) to find a husband for. The father is now burdened with her for life.

Therefore, God decreed that if a man rapes a virgin girl, he must compensate her father for the loss and marry the girl. This way, since he has humbled her and made her unmarketable, he is responsible for her welfare for the rest of her life.

It's really about fairness to the girl. Would it be right for her to be a spinster, never able to marry or have children? Would it be fair to her father to be burdened with a spinster?

[Jamie-Leigh Wrestler]

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Its not the marrying part that is bothering me so much, just the actual rape part. I want to know your stand point on it. Do you think it is right for a man to rape a woman? Do you think it is the womans fault?
These are the things that many people were arguing over and I wanted to hear some other opinions.

I am kind of bothered by the whole marrying the man that raped you. But to say that someone who has been raped is now a burden upon their father is a bit harsh. Would you say that about your own daughter if she had just been raped?

[Felicity]

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Do you think that this is the correct thing to do?

Did you read Deuteronomy 22:28-29?

[Cranky Old Man]

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Its not the marrying part that is bothering me so much, just the actual rape part. I want to know your stand point on it.

Rape is wrong, which is why God punishes the rapist by demanding him to marry the girl and to never divorce her.

a bit harsh

So? If God says we have to do it, we have to do it.

[Mrs. Mary Whitford]

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If you want to know what we think on a subject like this, just read the Bible, it's all right there.
Using the search function wouldn't hurt either.
Rape is worse than jaywalking or littering, but not as bad as murder, sodomy, or working on the Sabbath. There's more in depth talk on the subject here if you're honestly interested and not trying some "gotcha" thing.

[BelieverInGod]

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Its not the marrying part that is bothering me so much, just the actual rape part. I want to know your stand point on it. Do you think it is right for a man to rape a woman?

Of course not, does it still happen?

Do you think it is the womans fault?

Depends. In most cases I would say yes, as she shouldn't have put herself in a situation where she got raped. The idea of some person just picking random victims to rape is almost non-existent.

These are the things that many people were arguing over and I wanted to hear some other opinions.

The Bible doesn't approve of rape, however it does give very specific instructions as to what to do if a woman is raped. Felicity gave you the proper scripture.

I am kind of bothered by the whole marrying the man that raped you.

So you think that you know better than God?

But to say that someone who has been raped is now a burden upon their father is a bit harsh.

Really? And here I thought all of the "support groups" for "rape" victims tell the families to give extra attention to the "victim" and to cater to all her needs since she's so fragile now.

How is that not being a burden?

Would you say that about your own daughter if she had just been raped?

True Christian(TM) girls who follow their fathers/husbands rules don't get raped.

[Capt. Aaron Portway]

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Its not the marrying part that is bothering me so much, just the actual rape part. I want to know your stand point on it. Do you think it is right for a man to rape a woman? Do you think it is the womans fault?
These are the things that many people were arguing over and I wanted to hear some other opinions.

I am kind of bothered by the whole marrying the man that raped you. But to say that someone who has been raped is now a burden upon their father is a bit harsh. Would you say that about your own daughter if she had just been raped?

My daughter, Verbena Dew Portway, lives on a hippy commune with her unsaved slut of a mother. Knowing hippies the way I do, I'll bet she gets raped all the time. Hippies are all either atheists or Buddahists, therefore they have no morals and to them rape is practically the same as handshake!

Now, do I blame my daughter for these likely potential rapes? In a way, yes. She's old enough to know better, and Lord knows I've tried to get her to move to Iowa where I can keep an eye on her and teach her some discipline, but she doesn't want to here it!

So, yeah, if someone was raping my daughter this very minute, it would be at least partially her fault.

[Rev. M. Rodimer]

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Its not the marrying part that is bothering me so much, just the actual rape part.

Immediately followed by:

I am kind of bothered by the whole marrying the man that raped you.

First, pick something to be offended by. This one is God's command. You don't like God's commands? Too bad. He's God.

But to say that someone who has been raped is now a burden upon their father is a bit harsh. Would you say that about your own daughter if she had just been raped?

Of course. She would be, as I already explained, difficult if not impossible to marry off, and I would then be responsible for her welfare the rest of her life. That's pretty much the DEFINITION of "a burden".